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CCEA representatives ask Cannon County to increase teacher health support and extend pay scale
Summary
At a March 24 budget workshop, CCEA presenters asked the Cannon County school board to help cover single and family health-insurance costs, extend the certified teacher salary schedule from 20 to 25 years (with a future goal of 30) and consider a 2–3% certified-teacher raise; staff were asked to model exact fiscal impacts.
CCEA representatives told the Cannon County school board at a March 24 budget workshop that they want the county to help reduce teacher out‑of‑pocket costs for health insurance and to make the district’s salary schedule more competitive.
The CCEA representative (Speaker 2) said the union is asking the county to raise its share of single policies by 1 percentage point and to increase the county contribution toward family policies so more employees can afford coverage. "We want to propose that the state pays 45% of our insurance... and we're asking for a 1% raise from the county to help us with that," the CCEA representative said in the workshop.
Why it matters: presenters said many teachers — including spouses who both work for the district — are paying duplicate deductibles or…
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